US embrace of torture despicable

Sep. 15, 2012

Written by

Jonathan Turley

As he prepared to accept his nomination for re-election last week, the president made good on a promise he made at the beginning of his term: No CIA officers will be prosecuted for torture. Attorney General Eric Holder quietly announced before the convention that the last two torture investigations would close (like all the prior investigations) without any charge.

As a virtual afterthought, the Justice Department added that it would not address the "propriety of the examined conduct." The "impropriety" involved two ...